[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14050]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Medical Testing Associated With Exposure to Asbestos; Meeting

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Division of Health Studies (DHS) announces the following meeting:

    Name: Medical Testing Associated with Exposure to Asbestos.
    Times and Dates: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., June 18, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-
5:00 p.m., June 19, 2001.
    Place: Sheraton Buckhead Hotel; 3405 Lenox Road; Atlanta, GA 
30326.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: This is a working group meeting to discuss issues 
related to initial and follow-up testing of persons with 
environmental and historic occupational exposure to asbestoform 
materials from vermiculite mined in Libby, MT.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include a discussion on 
the routes and duration of exposure to asbestoform materials through 
both historic environmental and occupational routes; commonly 
conducted screening tests; frequency and periodicity of follow-up 
testing; use of standard testing procedures; and testing of special 
and/or sensitive populations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Jeffrey A. Lybarger, M.D., 
director, Division of Health Studies, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
m/s E31, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone 404/639-6200.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: May 24, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-14050 Filed 6-4-01; 8:45 am]
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